IDG Contributor Network: Lessons from UbuCon: Canonical needs its own live...
Canonical is one of the big three of the Linux world (the other two being Red Hat and SUSE), but the company no longer organizes events that bring people together in person. The company used to have...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: System76 Meerkat: God of small things
I run a file and media server at home to host all my files. It’s a very important machine for my work and personal life. And while I do use public and private cloud to collaborate or share files with...
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IDG Contributor Network: 11 predictions for Linux in 2016
Peer into the futureImage by Garry Knight/FlickrThe Linux world changed a lot in 2015. Perhaps the biggest change was at Microsoft, which turned from a foe into a lover of Linux. We saw the first...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Pixel C review: This pixel perfect tablet lacks for...
Tablets are interesting market. They are fine as consumption devices, but Apple, Microsoft, and Google all are botching it as a work device. And as far as I can tell, the problem lies in the software....
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IDG Contributor Network: 9 Biggest open source stories of 2015
Year of open sourceImage by Swapnil Bhartiya2015 was an extremely good year for open source, in general. Enterprise customers embraced open source at an unprecedented rate. Not only that, arch rivals...
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IDG Contributor Network: 2015's most exciting Linux devices
Year of Linux!Image by Swapnil Bhartiya2015 started with an impressive showing of Linux at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). And now the year is closing, having delivered some great...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Desktop Linux starts 2016 with a bang thanks to Acer...
On the very first day of CES 2016, Acer announced two Chrome OS powered devices: Chromebook 11(CB3-131) and Chromebase 24. The Chromebook 11 is, as far as I know, the first rugged Chromebook that...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: System 76 Oryx Pro review: A laptop for your desk
In 2013 when I moved to the U.S. from Europe, I need a new laptop. My powerful desktop PC was on some ship due to arrive in 2-3 months. (Linux users will know how hard it can be to find a decent...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Nvidia Shield Android TV review: Linux conquers the...
Google has been trying to get into our living rooms for quite some time. As much as they dominate search, mobile phones, and now are making a serious dent in the PC space with Chrome OS, they have...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: WD and ownCloud team up on consumer cloud device
ownCloud started off as a humble ‘free software’ file syncing project from Germany. But that project has evolved into an open source company that is now headquartered in Boston, Mass. And ownCloud has...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: SCALE 14x: The first major open source event of the...
SCALE (Southern California Linux Expo) is one of the largest Linux and free and open source software (FOSS) events in North America. In previous years, SCALE was held in February, but this year it...
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IDG Contributor Network: The most exciting Linux and open source Kickstarter...
Funded with KickstarterImage by Kuma Tai, Eduardo Quagliato / Flickr Kickstarter has brought us many successful Linux and open source products, including Mycroft AI, Pebble Time, and Ouya, among...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Dronecode project announces working groups, new members
Drones are becoming extremely popular – in both the consumer and business space. Soon we will have companies like Amazon and DHL making deliveries through drones. And Linux will be playing a very...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: OwnCloud founder sells openDesktop.org
As those in the Linux and open source communities know well, long before Apple's App Store appeared on the scene, openDesktop.org offered applications, tools, wallpapers, sounds, icons, themes and...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Microsoft open sources Javascript engine behind its...
Under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has started releasing more and more of its software as open source. Yesterday the company released as open source the Chakra Javascript engine that powers Microsoft's...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Interview: Cory Doctorow on digital locks and the...
Cory Doctorow is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws, a proponent of the Creative Commons, and a celebrated author of many science fiction books that revolve around the same ideals for...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Running desktop Linux on a tablet: A lid for every pot
Android pretty much own the smartphone market with over 82% market share. Chrome OS is also making a serious dent in the PC market. Despite the dominance of these two Linux based distributions there...
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IDG Contributor Network: Best Linux distros of 2016: Something for everyone
There is something for everyoneImage by Swapnil BhartiyaThe beauty of Linux is that there really is something for everyone. Amazon, Facebook, and Google run their massive infrastructure on Linux....
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 Beta...
Red Hat has announced the availability of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP) 7 beta. JBoss EAP is part of JBoss Enterprise Middleware portfolio of software. It's Red Hat's Java...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Hunting for the best iPad Pro keyboard: The heavy,...
As a tech enthusiast and journalist, I try to get my hands on new devices as soon as I can, especially if they bring something new to the table … which is how I found myself in possession of the iPad...
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